Awesome Art Supply is proud of providing quality Sumi materials to teachers, artists from national and local art assiciations.

Please see introduction and view art work from artists from different associations at the bottom of this page.

Private Lessons

Drawing, Oil, Pastel and Sumi painting and Calligraphy instructions are offered as private lessons. Please contact us for more information.

"Distant Learning - Lessons by Mail" -- the traditional way of learning Sumi painting and calligraphy is here now! It is sufficient, and productive, and non-threatening for some people.It is simple: You paint or writing calligraphy and mail them to us with stamped return envelope. Submit a check of $40 for a lesson. Each lesson, up to 4 art work you have done (maximum size of each art is approximately 14" x 18'). Our instructor -Master Yuming Zhu will write comments/critiques and demo strokes for you and mail all these with your original art back to you.Classes

If you live in the greater Seattle area, you can take Sumi Classes at Bellevue College For more details and registration, please click on of the links listed above.

For registered students, get your class supply before you attend the first class.

Puget Sound Sumi ArtistsPuget Sound Sumi
Artists is “an association of sumi-e and Asian calligraphy artists actively
engaged in creating original work and for persons interested in the
encouragement and development of sumi-e and Asian calligraphy in the Puget
Sound area of Washington state.”

PSSA meets monthly
for educational programs, holds exhibits of members work and works to bring
sumi and calligraphy to local communities and schools. To be a proud member, please visit www.sumi.org.

Sumi-e Society of AmericaA nonprofit organization, the SSA and its local chapter affiliates around the US were founded to foster appreciation of East Asian brush painting and calligraphy, to create a bridge between East Asian and Western cultures, to exhibit Sumi-e art in public and private venues, and to conduct educational activities such as lectures, demonstrations and workshops. The SSA website, http://sumiesociety.org includes a gallery of members' art work, a teacher list and membership information.